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this genus, and takes its name from its powcr ful scent, resembling that of musk, ambergris, and roses. You may find it on the willow.

The genus Leptura bears great resemblance to that of Cerambyx, especially the larva, both in habits and appearance. Some of them are very beautiful. The Leptura arcuata is black, marked on the wing-sheath with bright yellow semi-circular bands. Some. of the Leptur are found in Kent, in the beau and pea-fields, on currant-bushes, and on fern.

The genus Necydalis, Carrion-eater, is distinguished from the other insects of the first order, hi having the wings extended their whole length, instead of being folded under the elytra.

Necydalis crrulea is an elegant species: it is not above half an inch in length, and its colour is a light blue, sometimes inclining to green. It is found in woods during the sum mer months.

The genus Lampyris, Fire-fly or Glowworm, is very interesting,, on account of its luminous appearance in the dusk of evening. The Lamp yris noctiluca, or Common Glowworm, you may chance to have seen, sparkling like a diamond, on some dry, mossy bank or hedgeway. Brilliant as this insect (which, by the bye, is the female) appears in the darkness